St Petersburg to order 20 metro trains from TMH

ST PETERSBURG Metro announced on August 12 that it has selected Oktyabrsky Electric Car Plant (OEVRZ), a subsidiary of Transmashholding (TMH), as preferred bidder for a contract to supply 20 eight-car trains for the city's 1524mm-gauge 113km metro network.

OEVRZ submitted a bid of Roubles 10.5bn ($US 164m) for the contract, while its competitor in the tender, Škoda Transportation's Vagonmash subsidiary, offered a price of Roubles 10.51bn.

The order is being funded through the city of St Petersburg's 2015-2020 transport strategy, which was approved in June 2014, as well as the metro's own investment programme.

The trains will be assembled at OEVRZ's plant near St Petersburg and the contract stipulates that the first three sets must be delivered next year, followed by three in 2017, four in 2018, and five in 2020.